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the November 14, 2008
Argus VOLUME 115 | ISSUE 9 Illinois Wesleyan University
FEATURES, P. 5 OP/ED, P. 11 SPORTS, P.16
Saturday
High: 38 Low: 24
Sunday
High: 44 Low: 30
Students sound Weather
off on
Senate election
issues
IWU to face
possible
calendar
change
Students
share their
own postcard
secrets
IWU women’s
soccer in
NCAA
tournament
NEWS, P.2
Durbin visits
Illinois Wesleyan
campus, answers
student questions
“Being a Senator is a great job
that only a few thousand people
have ever had the honor to hold.”
Who would know better than
Illinois Senator and Democratic
Party Whip Dick Durbin?
Sen. Durbin professed his love
for his job during a visit to Illinois
Wesleyan’s campus on
Wednesday when he spoke to Dr.
Tari Renner’s American Elections
class and then at Holmes Hall.
The senator mingled with a
crowd of 85 people over lunch at
Fat Jack’s before coming to
IWU’s campus. Both Illinois
Wesleyan and Illinois State
University students as well as
local Democrats attended. He
spoke about the Democratic victo-ries
in the Congressional and
Presidential races.
“I have great hope for this
country now,” Durbin said to the
audience.
“President-elect Obama is by
nature a very unifying force. This
country needs him now.”
Durbin became emotional when
he thanked the crowd for their
support through his “family hard-ships.”
Christine Durbin, the sen-ator’s
40-year-old daughter,
passed away due to a congenital
heart condition two weeks ago.
At the lunch, Durbin spoke to
members of IWU College
Democrats about the effect of
young voter turnout in the elec-tion.
“Young voters made the differ-ence,”
Durbin said. “There was
so much energy and determina-tion.”
The senator then spoke to Dr.
Renner’s class about his own
political background and the
experience that he had as an intern
with Sen. Paul Douglas as a
Georgetown undergraduate.
“That was my first political sci-ence
class,” Durbin said.
Durbin also talked about what
he called a “historic election,” and
how new technology has affected
campaign techniques.
“It used to be that if I can buy
this television ad, I win, you lose.
It’s simple,” he said. “[Obama]
created a new world of giving
through e-mail.”
JULIE REGENBOGEN/THE ARGUS
Above: Sen. Dick Durbin speaks with a local Democrat during a visit to IWU Wednesday. He ate
lunch with members of College Democrats and spoke to Dr.Tari Renner’s American Elections class.
Student Senate elections stir up controversy
It has been hard to miss the fly-ers,
sidewalk chalking and adver-tisements
from this week’s
Student Senate presidential and
vice presidential elections. They
are in restrooms, eating areas, res-idence
halls and classrooms
among other places.
Recently, advertising went too
far, at least for junior presidential
candidate Babawande Afolabi. He
was disqualfied from the race due
to publicity that did not meet
Senate requirements.
Student Senate received an
anonymous complaint earlier this
week that accused Afolabi and
junior presidential candidate
Casey Jedrzejczak of having pub-licity
that exceeded the size limits
stated in the Senate policy on
elections.
Article VII, Section C of the
Senate Election Code states that
“individual campaign materials
and/or the entire message of a
campaign device may not exceed
the size limit of 28 by 22 inches.”
“All candidates were informed
of the election code and were read
specific parts, such as grounds for
violation at their campaign meet-ing,”
Student Senate
Parliamentarian Steve Allhoff
said.
Allhoff said that after learning
that the accusations were true,
both Jedrzejczak and Afolabi
were asked to remove the offend-ing
election materials. They were
also told that they would have to
attend a hearing.
JULIE REGENBOGEN
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
DURBIN, P.3
DANIELLE LAURITSON
NEWS EDITOR
SENATE, P.4

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the November 14, 2008
Argus VOLUME 115 | ISSUE 9 Illinois Wesleyan University
FEATURES, P. 5 OP/ED, P. 11 SPORTS, P.16
Saturday
High: 38 Low: 24
Sunday
High: 44 Low: 30
Students sound Weather
off on
Senate election
issues
IWU to face
possible
calendar
change
Students
share their
own postcard
secrets
IWU women’s
soccer in
NCAA
tournament
NEWS, P.2
Durbin visits
Illinois Wesleyan
campus, answers
student questions
“Being a Senator is a great job
that only a few thousand people
have ever had the honor to hold.”
Who would know better than
Illinois Senator and Democratic
Party Whip Dick Durbin?
Sen. Durbin professed his love
for his job during a visit to Illinois
Wesleyan’s campus on
Wednesday when he spoke to Dr.
Tari Renner’s American Elections
class and then at Holmes Hall.
The senator mingled with a
crowd of 85 people over lunch at
Fat Jack’s before coming to
IWU’s campus. Both Illinois
Wesleyan and Illinois State
University students as well as
local Democrats attended. He
spoke about the Democratic victo-ries
in the Congressional and
Presidential races.
“I have great hope for this
country now,” Durbin said to the
audience.
“President-elect Obama is by
nature a very unifying force. This
country needs him now.”
Durbin became emotional when
he thanked the crowd for their
support through his “family hard-ships.”
Christine Durbin, the sen-ator’s
40-year-old daughter,
passed away due to a congenital
heart condition two weeks ago.
At the lunch, Durbin spoke to
members of IWU College
Democrats about the effect of
young voter turnout in the elec-tion.
“Young voters made the differ-ence,”
Durbin said. “There was
so much energy and determina-tion.”
The senator then spoke to Dr.
Renner’s class about his own
political background and the
experience that he had as an intern
with Sen. Paul Douglas as a
Georgetown undergraduate.
“That was my first political sci-ence
class,” Durbin said.
Durbin also talked about what
he called a “historic election,” and
how new technology has affected
campaign techniques.
“It used to be that if I can buy
this television ad, I win, you lose.
It’s simple,” he said. “[Obama]
created a new world of giving
through e-mail.”
JULIE REGENBOGEN/THE ARGUS
Above: Sen. Dick Durbin speaks with a local Democrat during a visit to IWU Wednesday. He ate
lunch with members of College Democrats and spoke to Dr.Tari Renner’s American Elections class.
Student Senate elections stir up controversy
It has been hard to miss the fly-ers,
sidewalk chalking and adver-tisements
from this week’s
Student Senate presidential and
vice presidential elections. They
are in restrooms, eating areas, res-idence
halls and classrooms
among other places.
Recently, advertising went too
far, at least for junior presidential
candidate Babawande Afolabi. He
was disqualfied from the race due
to publicity that did not meet
Senate requirements.
Student Senate received an
anonymous complaint earlier this
week that accused Afolabi and
junior presidential candidate
Casey Jedrzejczak of having pub-licity
that exceeded the size limits
stated in the Senate policy on
elections.
Article VII, Section C of the
Senate Election Code states that
“individual campaign materials
and/or the entire message of a
campaign device may not exceed
the size limit of 28 by 22 inches.”
“All candidates were informed
of the election code and were read
specific parts, such as grounds for
violation at their campaign meet-ing,”
Student Senate
Parliamentarian Steve Allhoff
said.
Allhoff said that after learning
that the accusations were true,
both Jedrzejczak and Afolabi
were asked to remove the offend-ing
election materials. They were
also told that they would have to
attend a hearing.
JULIE REGENBOGEN
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
DURBIN, P.3
DANIELLE LAURITSON
NEWS EDITOR
SENATE, P.4